Historical information

Intended for the instruction and entertainment of young people in which the first principles of natural and experimental philosophy are fully explained. New edition complete in one volume.

Physical description

Brown cloth-bound hardcover book with embossed patterning on front and back covers. Ink staining to lower front cover, worn corners and top & bottom spine. Cover separating from body back & front. Missing flyleaf, loose front pages. Loose binding. Foxing throughout. 200 wood cut illustrations. 536 pp. Poor condition.

Inscriptions & markings

Inside front cover, '132 Kilmore Mechanics Institute', handwritten cursive. Undecipherable name inscribed top of title page, 'Kilmore 17 Sept.1855'.